The End of the Innocence: A Swiss Prison Playlist for Roman Polanski Behind Bars

While my heart does not break for Roman Polanski, I did want to send along a playlist for him that might help encourage a little incarceration introspection.
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I like "Rosemary's Baby" as much as the next aging cineaste, but as a parent I must confess that I like actual babies even more. Call me old fashioned, but I still believe that kids should not be taken advantage of sexually -- even by a significant filmmaker. And so my heart does not break for Roman Polanski tonight. Yet I did want to send along a playlist for Polanski that might lend itself towards encouraging a little incarceration introspection. I atoned today, why shouldn't he?

YOUNG GIRL - Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
LOCKED AWAY - Keith Richards & The Expensive Winos
CRIMINAL - Fiona Apple
YOUNG BLOOD - The Coasters
DIRTY OLD MAN - Neil Young
GIRL, YOU'LL BE A WOMAN SOON - Neil Diamond
CAUGHT BY THE FUZZ - Supergrass
THE END OF THE INNOCENCE - Don Henley
WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG - The Killers
I FOUGHT THE LAW - Green Day
TEENAGE JAIL - The Eagles
BREAKING THE LAW - Judas Priest
INNOCENCE - Sarah Buxton
ROMAN CANDLE - Elliot Smith
RUNNIN' AWAY - Sly & The Family Stone
OH VERY YOUNG - Cat Stevens
SMOOTH CRIMINAL - Michael Jackson
GO AWAY LITTLE GIRL - Steve Lawrence
YOUNGER GIRL - Lovin' Spoonful

What's on your playlist for Roman Polanski?

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